Thriving Humans
Why did I do that?
It’s a question almost everyone asks at some point. There’s an answer, and it’s gentler than you might expect.
Maybe it was the way you snapped at someone you love. Maybe it was going quiet when part of you wanted to reach out. Maybe it was the thing you promised yourself you'd never do, done again, before you could catch it.
We all have moments we can't quite explain to ourselves. Moments where some older part of us took the wheel, and we just watched it happen.
What if those moments aren't proof that something is wrong with you? What if they're a nervous system doing exactly what it once learned to do, in a moment when that made complete sense? Your brain moves through three states. Once you can see which one you're in, a lot of what felt confusing starts to settle. Not as a flaw to fix. As a map you can finally read and understand.
The next fifteen minutes walk you through all three brain states. Whether you walk alongside a child and want to understand a hard moment between you, or you're tracing a pattern in yourself you've carried for years, you'll likely find yourself somewhere in it.
Did something land? If it did, there's a companion guide that goes with the video. Yours to keep, to print, to put somewhere you'll see it, so it's there as a helpful reminder of what’s really happening in those hard moments. And if you'd like to stay close as the rest of this unfolds, I send weekly letters. Not noise. Thoughtful, weekly, always something you can use or set down. You can unsubscribe anytime.
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Thriving Humans
Be Curious. Be Kind, Start with yourself.